The Greek parliament has raised taxes on the self employed, and high earners. They are the latest troika-imposed measures to reduce Greece's budget deficit. In return, the Greeks will get another slice of aid; billions of euros.

But many are not happy at the medicine being forced on Greece, and the left's leader Alexis Tsipras has been in Berlin to put the case for more growth

"The austerity programmes have failed in Europe and especially in Greece. We must now deal with their impact: poverty, unemployment, the rise of fascism. This nightmare must not return or spread across Europe", he said.